Java Why Is public static void main(String[] args) Essential in Java Programs?

[heman]

As a very beginner to java a very basic question is in mind.in every java program we write the first line after mentioning the name of the class as

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public static void main(String[] args)

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so i want to know the importance of this line and each component in this line because i am not getting to it.
i will be very thankful for urs help.

 

[poolwin2001]

Main is the function from which program execution stars.void implies that the function doesn't return a value.The rest you can put off until later.public(after learning classes)statis(types of variables)

 

[The Idiot]

Since you're beginning, you may not understand the significance of the "public static," but the String[] args may be useful to know. Those are some arugments to control how your program works.

Say you have a class "Circle." that looks something like this:

public class Circle
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{
drawCircle(args[0]);
}

void drawCircle(String a){...} //would contain code for drawing a circle of a certain color.

}

Upon calling your program, you'd need to tell the program what color you wanted. You would, for example, call "Circle blue," and it would draw a blue circle.

 

[ramollari]

It is method main() that makes a Java class runnable. You cannot run other Java classes that don't contain this method. The compiler will give a NoSuchMethodException.
A different case is with applets, where you don't have to declare main(). Execution starts with method init(), if any, or with paint().